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Rwanda. UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Helena Christensen visits Burundian refugees in Rwanda

Helena Christensen appointed Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency

13 June 2019

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UNHCR appeals for regional talks on Central America displacement

12 June 2019

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Italy. Sea Watch boat rescue off Lampedusa coast

UNHCR urges Italy to reconsider proposed decree affecting rescue at sea in the Central Mediterranean

12 June 2019

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Finland. Pensioner couple take Iraqi girl under their wing

UNHCR calls on Finnish EU Council Presidency to push for progress in asylum reform

11 June 2019

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Colombia. Visit by UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie

Statement by UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie as Venezuelan refugees and migrants top 4 million

8 June 2019

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Libya. Refugees escape detention centres as fighting breaks out in Tripoli

UNHCR's Grandi and IOM's Vitorino discuss challenges ahead with EU Home Affairs ministers

7 June 2019

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Colombia. A mother with her child crosses the Simon Bolivar Bridge, one of 7 legal entry points on the Colombia-Venezuela border

Refugees and migrants from Venezuela top 4 million: UNHCR and IOM

7 June 2019

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UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie travels to Colombia's border area with Venezuela

7 June 2019

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Brazil welcomes first Central American refugees under regional resettlement programme

4 June 2019

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Italy. 149 refugees landed safely this evening in Pratica di Mare military airport after being evacuated by UNHCR from Libya's detention centers earlier this week.

UNHCR evacuates hundreds of vulnerable refugees out of Libya to safety

30 May 2019

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Switzerland. Melissa Fleming's Awake at Night pod cast season 2

UNHCR launches new season of award-winning podcast on humanitarian workers

24 May 2019

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UN refugee chief visits Myanmar this week

20 May 2019

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High Commissioner Filippo Grandi during an interview on the border between Moldova and Ukraine